Dramatic campaigns for Sky

amplification of programme seasons, channel launches and new products

Taylor Herring have executed a number of creative PR campaigns across Sky brand, securing widespread coverage by engaging with current news stories and trends.

Westworld

To launch Westworld Season Two on NOW TV we handed the marketing to an ultra-realistic robot.

The production process involved developing hundreds of thousands of lines of computer code and designing a sophisticated metal skeleton, acrylic eyes and silicone skin to bring ‘Fred’ to life.

Fred represented the very apex of new technology and the most advanced humanoid style robot ever seen in the UK.

His human-like interactions were controlled by a telepresence system, which uses inbuilt sensors, cameras and microphones to track what and how people interact with the robot. Fred was able to respond appropriately with emphasised gestures and punctuated speech voiced by a remote operator.

Over 200 pieces of high value media coverage helped deliver record viewing figures for the streaming service.

Game Of Thrones

‘White Walkers’ from Game of Thrones, led by the ‘Night King’ on horseback, took to the streets of London to celebrate the upcoming start of season 7 of the television show.

We assembled a team of stylists, make-up artists, actors and stunt men to pull of the auadacious spectacle which has landed over 100 pieces of media coverage, 20 Million video views and trended on Twitter.

Fortitude

We helped drive excitement and intrigue around the new arctic crime drama, Fortitude.

48 hours before the launch of the show, an 8 ft long, fully animated ‘adult male polar bear’ – which features in the opening episode - was unleashed onto the streets of London. The bear was spotted at locations across the capital, including Hampstead Heath, Charing Cross Underground and the South Bank.

The unique ultra-realistic build was created by our team of Hollywood special effects experts alongside puppeteers, who had spent three years working together as ‘Joey’ in War Horse and studied footage of real polar bears.

The stunt went viral, with 500+ pieces of fully credited coverage, including 8 x national newspapers in print and a sweep of key online sites and major international outlets. With 47 million impressions on Twitter (30 Million from the UK) the show launched with just over 700,000 viewers – the four-year-old channel’s biggest audience to date for a UK originated drama.

Fortitude averaged 722,000 viewers and a 3.5% audience share from 9pm – nearly 20 times the normal ratings for that Sky Atlantic slot.

Sky Cinema Rebrand

We engaged one of the world’s leading make up talents, Lucia Pittalis, to produce some incredible movie-star transformations to encourage talkability around the rebrand of Sky Movies to Sky Cinema.

Our artist transformed herself into four Hollywood stars– Daniel Craig, Meryl Streep, Tom Hiddleston and Harrison Ford - all of whom would be featuring in the opening season of Sky Cinema.

In total – coverage reached 475,762,913 users online with hits on high circulation outlets like the Mail Online, Metro, Mirror and The Sun.

The campaign also engaged YouTube influencer Marcus Butler, who posted on Twitter and Youtube reaching his 2.81 million followers and 4,524,156 subscribers respectively.

NOW TV

To celebrate the NOW TV Combo deal, which offers the latest and best TV, broadband and calls without a contract, we took advantage of the ‘do it in the nude’ trend by announcing the first ever Naked Sun Terrace in London.

With London experiencing a heatwave it was the perfect chance for Brits to try the freedom of being ‘clothes-free’ as well as contract-free in the sun at this exclusive sun terrace.

The story garnered over 145 pieces of coverage including the Sunday Times, Evening Standard The Daily Express and Mail Online. The campaign peaked with 33 million Twitter impressions on the launch day.